The Hip New Way for a Celebrity to Debut Her Pregnancy, Demonstrated By Sienna Miller

Sienna Miller has every right to keep mum about her personal life--nannygate anyone?--so I found it fitting that she has announced her pregnancy by making no announcement at all.

Instead of a written statement, the British actress issued a *visual *statement when she wore this baby bump-hugging black dress to a fashion week event in Manhattan last night. There was no belly rubbing or anything obvious...just a hint of baby bump and a beautiful glow.

It's nice to see the fashionista enjoying an upswing in her personal life after her tumultuous relationship with Jude Law. When I wrote Glamour's Hottest New Celebrity Couples of 2011 slide show, I included Sienna and Tom Sturridge (BFF of Robert Pattinson) because I don't remember a time in recent years in which Sienna looked so happy. In November, they enjoyed a romantic getaway in Venice--and it was one sweet photo after another of the smitten kittens. And here they are at the French open last year--nothing like tennis to make you feel all love-lovey, right?

So congrats to the mother and father-to-be, whose baby announcement will likely come in the form a paparazzi photo of them walking around London with their wee one. And I think that's pretty cool.

__So how do you feel about the celebrity publicity machine? Do you like when a star has their rep immediately confirm a new coupling/pregnancy/marriage/divorce/etc.? Or do you appreciate those press shy celebs who rarely confirm any news--like Beyonce and Jay-Z not discussing their wedding until 6 months after the fact or Penelope Cruz and Javier Bardem not announcing the birth of their son (or revealing his name)? __